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The state of being disorderly.

One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids.

A guide rope.

The state of being early or forward; promptness.

The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.

An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- so named from its power of producing abortion.

The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.

Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felidæ; as, the feline race; feline voracity.

A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural objects. Whose figulines and rustic wares Scarce find him bread from day to day. Longfellow.

Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf.

A yellow, crystalline, organic dyestuff, C16H14N2, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline.

The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites. Spenser.

The lines of the spectrun; especially and properly, the dark lines of the solar spectrum, so called because first accurately observed and interpreted by Fraunhofer, a German physicist.

The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.

Pertaining to the family Fringillidæ; characteristic of finches; sparrowlike.

A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.

A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See Carburetor.

A kind of internal-combustion engine; -- in British countries called usually petrol engine.

The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners.

The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.